Coat-hook.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

' J. PATTERSON.

GOAT HOOK. APPLIOATION FILED APR.9,1906.

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COAT-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 4, 1907 Application filed April 9, 1906. Serial No.310,702.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Au. rora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Coat-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to coat hooks and especially to that class havinglocking means to prevent theft of the garment hung thereon.

The device is especially useful for securing outer garments such asovercoats and cloaks and is adapted to be used wherever such garmentsare temporarily laid aside and is especially applicable for use inpublic places .such as restaurants, reading rooms and places of similarcharacter.

The chief objects of my invention are to provide a simple, efficient anddurable locking hook for coats and cloaks.

Another object of the device is to provide an automatic lock for a coathook, so that the garment placed upon the hook can beinstantly lockedthereon and protected from theft.

Another object is to provide a separate and special key for each hookthus preventing the possibility of removal of the garment unless thatspecial key is used to unlock the device.

With this and other minor objects in view the invention consists ofcertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing hereunto annexed and forming a part of this specification:-Figure l is a side view, in elevation, of my improved cloak and coathook adapted to be secured to a wall or casing and showing the method ofsecuring a coat thereon; a portion being broken away to disclose some ofthe inner parts; Fig.

Y 2 is a side view in elevation, of the same device in an unlockedposition, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the device in itslocked position, some portions being broken away to show certain partsmore clearly.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 4 indicates a base plate-from whichprojects a cylindrical arm 5, preferably formed integral with said plateand provided with a bulbous head 6. Above the said arm 5 and also formedintegral with the plate 4 is a lug 7. A retaining member 8,semi-cylindrical in form and having a concavity on the under side isadapted to engage the upper surface of the arm 5, and is provided at itsouter extremity with a cap 9 adapted to cover the upper and outersurfaces of the head 6. From the upper side of this retaining memberprojects a lug 10 pivotally secured to the lug 7 by a rivet 11. Theinterior of the arm 5 is provided with a cylindrical bore 12 throughoutthe greater part of its length in which is slidably mounted a tubularlatch-bolt 13, held in an extended position within the said bore bymeans of a spring 14, which abuts at one end against a pin 15, which isfixed in the arm 5 and passes through slots 15 in the said latch bolt13, the opposite end of the spring engaging an annular abutment 16formed integral with the said bolt. At the rear end of said latch bolt13 is a notch 17, and at the front end a projecting beveled latch head18. upper wall of the arm 5 is a slot 19 which communicates with theinterior bore 12 and permits the entranceof the free end of a lug 20fixed in the retaining member 8 and provided with a slot 21. The latchhead 18 en gages this slot and prevents movement of the retaining memberwhen said parts are in engagement. The under surface of the anteriorportion of the member 8 as well as its cap 9 is formed with a recess 22,thus leaving a moderate interval between the adjacent surfaces of theretaining member and the arm 5.

In order to retract the latch bolt 13 and thus release the lug 20 by theremoval of the latch-head 18 from engagement with the slot 21, I providea lock 23 of any common form, preferably attached to the rear face ofthe base plate 4. The end of the locking bolt 24 is beveled and sorelated to the notch- 17 that when the said lock bolt 24 is projectedupward by means of a key 25 the said bolt 24 will penetrate the notch 17and its beveled face engaging the lug 26 will retract the latch bolt 18,thus removing the latch-head 23 from the lug 20, in which case theretaining member will be free to be raised to the position shown in Fig.2, thereby releasing the garment previously held upon the arm 5 by saidretaining member.

The method of operating the device is as follows :The retaining member 8is raised to the position shown in Fig. 2, where it is held In the bygravity against the wall or casing to which it may beattached and thelock-bolt 24 is retracted within the casing of the lock 23, the latchbolt 13, then taking the position shown in Fig. 3. The coat or othergarment is now hung upon the projecting arm 5 so as IIO ' The user canthen take the key, which may have been left in the lock or hung upon anadjacent nail or peg, and place it in his pocket until he desires to usethe garment. He then raises the lock bolt 24 by means of the key, whichhe leaves in the lock, and raising the retaining member 8, the garmentcan be removed from the arm. It will be noted that turning the key 25 tolock the bolt 24 unlocks the latch bolt 13 and, conversely, when thegarment is locked on the arm 5 the bolt 24 is in anunlocked position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim, is

1. A. device of the character described ineluding a base plate, an armprojecting from a lug adapted to automatically engage said latch-bolt,and separate key-operated means for retracting said latch bolt torelease said. retaining member, said means secured to the rear side ofsaid base-plate.

3. A device for the purpose specified in cluding a base-plate, a tubulararm projecting from said base plate and provided with an enlargedTIES/(1,31 latch-bolt adapted to be reciprocated within the tubular arm,a retaining member co-eXtensive with the said arm and adapted to engageits upper portion and overlap the said enlarged head, a lug secured tosaid retaining member, a latch-head attached to said latch-bolt andadapted to engage said lug, means for yieldingly retaining saidlatch-bolt and head in engagement with the said lug, separatekey-operated means for releasing the said latch-bolt and head fromengagement with the said lug, and means for raising the said retainingmember from the said arm when so released.

4. In a coathook, a base-plate, a tubular arm extending from said plate,a hollow latch-member slidably mounted in said arm, a spring arranged insaid latch and adapted to extend the same, a retaining member pivotedonsaid base plate and adapted to partly embrace said arm, a lug on saidmember adapted to engage said latch, and a lock secured to the rear ofsaid base plate, said lock comprising a bolt adapted to engage and holdsaid latch against the action of said spring.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS REID, JEssE W. CURRY.

